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Posts by Galastel‭

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Q&A Virtual Reality and Physical Trauma

Like Cort Ammon says, it would depend on how your VR functions. The brain has mechanisms that prevent what's going on in your brain to affect your body in any way: that's what happens when you're d...

posted 7y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A What would be needed for the entire planet to have a polar climate?

If a planet is far enough from its star, it will be cold, water will be frozen etc. To have plants, you'd need liquid water for at least part of the year (something like the tundra, at least.), or ...

posted 7y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A How long would life on Earth survive without any animals?

If all the fauna on earth has been killed (vertebrates and invertebrates), there are no pollinators left. Which would kill off many plants. (That is, make them unable to reproduce, so once they die...

posted 7y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A How to differentiate between elves and men

You could make a different colour scheme for your elves: just as humans are all shades of brown (from pinky-beige "Caucasian" to dark), with pink or yellow undertones, your elves could be different...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A Is this a viable/realistic imaginary species?

There is a major problem with this species: a plant needs nutrients to grow. Not just sunshine and CO2, but water, minerals, proteins etc. Normally, those would be acquired from the soil and/or fro...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A How would seasons work on a moon orbiting a gas giant orbiting a star?

Let us assume a sufficiently earth-like moon, like Europa. It orbits a gas giant. The whole setup is within the star's goldilocks zone, so the moon is theoretically habitable. 'Day' is one rotatio...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Galastel‭

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Q&A Plausible cause of a family only giving birth to females?

Consider: there are conditions that are passed on by X-linked recessive inheritance. The most famous is haemophilia. Here's how it works: mutation BadNews is recessive, and carried on the X chromos...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭

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